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In this Sixth Annual Gregory Distinguished Lecture, Don H. Doyle, McCausland Professor of History, University of South Carolina, discusses his recent prize-winning book, The Cause of All Nations: An International History of the American Civil War.

Sponsored by the History Department and the Amanda and Greg Gregory Graduate Studies Support Fund.

Phi Alpha Theta Epsilon Pi presents a lecture series about the sometimes forgotten aspects of Athens' local history. From historic markers to street and building names, our surrounding landscape may appear to present a white-washed history. However, just beneath the surface is a plurality of perspectives and voices. Each of the three Athens Illuminated lectures will focus on Athens' people or places in order to help bring to light some of this past.

Dianne Harris is Dean of the College of Humanities and professor of history at the University of Utah. She holds a doctorate in architectural history from the University of California, Berkeley and is best known for her scholarly contributions to the study of “race and space” – the relationship between the built environment and construction of racial and class identities.

In this special edition of Lunchtime Time Machine, the Department of History's graduate students will present snapshots of their research and compete for the chance to give a full LTTM lecture in the spring. The event is open to all undergrads, grad students, and faculty — and the crowd picks the winner. Free pizza.

Half of all history Ph.D's end up in tenured or tenure-track positions in colleges and universities. Only one-third of those are in research universities. Are our Ph.D programs therefore preparing most graduate students for careers they are unlikely to have? Except for faculty at a few elite research universities, historians no longer spend their professional lives just writing books and articles, lecturing in the style of the “50 minute essay,” conducting seminars, and mentoring advanced students. Moreover, one-fourth of our Ph.D.

Come join Phi Alpha Theta (UGA’s chapter of the national history honor society) and Dr. Kevin Jones for a movie on Wednesday.

We will be screening a classic comedy from the early 90s about Egyptian society, government corruption and terrorism called Terrorism and Kebab. Dr. Jones will be giving a talk tying the film to modern Middle Eastern History and of course--pizza will be served.

Take a break from studying and enjoy everyone’s favorite things – movies, history, and pizza!

This is a public lecture by David J. Snyder, Faculty Principal of the Carolina International House and Senior Instructor of History at the University of South Carolina. His work has appeared in Diplomatic History and the sJournal of Cold War Studies as well as other journals and anthologies. He is the co-editor, most recently, of Reasserting America in the 1970s: U.S.

Joseph Kelly, a doctoral candidate from the University of Liverpool, will present his research Tuesday afternoon entitled, "Shareholder Anti-Slavery? Capitalism and Slavery in the Joint-Stock Economy."

Kelly is a 2017 Franklin-Liverpool Graduate Research Fellow. His week-long research stay at UGA is sponsored by the Franklin-Liverpool Graduate Research Fellowship program and Franklin College, and the History Department.